Improvement in chair-seats



GEORGE GARDNER.

Improvement in Chair-Seats.

N0. 127,045. Patenied May'21y1872,

Uli Ml i mclare that the following GEORGE GARDNER, OF GLEN GARDNER, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS OF HIS RIGHT TO GARDNER -8U GARDNER.

IMPROVEiVIENT IN CHAIR-SEATS.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE GARDNER, of Glen Gardner, in the county of Hunterdon and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful (lhair- Seat; and I do hereby deis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to which my invention relates to construct the same, reference being mhad to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure lis a plan view partly in section, the section showing the middle layer of veneer. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line c' x of Fig. 1.

Sim'tlar letters of reference refer to like parts in both ofthe figures.

This invention relates to chair-seats; and it consists in constructing a seat out of veneers of wood with the grain running across each other and glued together.

I have shown, in the drawing accompanying this specilication, three layers of veneers, they being represented by the letters A B (l. The grain of veneer A crosses that of veneer B, as shown in section in Fig. l, and the grain of veneer B crosses that of veneer C, as seen in Fig. 2. Veneers when thus arranged-that is to say, with the grain running in diverse directions-will make a seat which, for economy and durability, will be found to be a very useful improvement. The seats may be lett solid, or perforated after some design agreeable to the fancy of the one having them made. A slightly concave configura-tion may be given to the sea-t, as shown in Fig. 2.

Seats thus made do not cost as much as those that are made of cane, and are better by far in point of durability.

The veneers rest upon a shoulder, f, of a frame, F, which surrounds them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a chair-` seat constructed of veneers of wood with the grain running crosswise of each other and glued together, all substantially as set forth, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification of myinvention in the pres ence of two attestin g Witnesses this 16th day of November, 1871.

. GEO. GARDNER.

Witnesses:

JOHN TEATS, ALBERT STEPHENS. 

